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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:00:31 PM EDT
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What is the barrel length on the FAL with the 40mm? Cool setup. Quote HistoryQuoted:
What is the barrel length on the FAL with the 40mm? Cool setup. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:03:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:04:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:09:05 PM EDT
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I saved this pic from some other thread once because I thought the gun looked neat. http://oi66.tinypic.com/2r269lu.jpg This one too. I think this might actually be a member's father. Or the guy above. I could be completely wrong, but I seem to recall one of them is. http://oi63.tinypic.com/2uikbib.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Pretty much anything rather than a M16. 
One vet I know said he mostly used a M2 carbine in para configuration.....The was a M-48 tank driver so it made some sense. They also used M3 sub-guns. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads/monthly_04_2012/post-8022-1334512421.jpg Overton was given a contract to convert old-stock WW-2 era para stocks to M2 configuration in the early 60s for use by SV Army/US advisers. http://oi66.tinypic.com/2r269lu.jpg This one too. I think this might actually be a member's father. Or the guy above. I could be completely wrong, but I seem to recall one of them is. http://oi63.tinypic.com/2uikbib.jpg The cut down M2 he used was done professionally from what he said; whoever did the work was skilled at using the kinds of machinery required for such work. Since I've seen several pictures of US Soldiers in the RVN carrying these modified M2 Carbines, I have to believe there was some sort of depot-level type facility in-country that was capable of third echelon or above weapons repair / modification. His retained the front sight, even though there was no means to shoulder the weapon since the butt stock had been cut away behind the grip. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:10:12 PM EDT
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What is the barrel length on the FAL with the 40mm? Cool setup. Quote HistoryQuoted:
What is the barrel length on the FAL with the 40mm? Cool setup. photos, both have what appear to be different length gas and barrel. Apparently there was a 14 inch model. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:14:46 PM EDT
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It was called "The Bitch". NZ and Au SAS used them in Vietnam. There was no standard recipe as far as barrel length goes as can be seen in the photos, both have what appear to be different length gas and barrel. Apparently there was a 14 inch model. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What is the barrel length on the FAL with the 40mm? Cool setup. photos, both have what appear to be different length gas and barrel. Apparently there was a 14 inch model. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:28:54 PM EDT
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Do people actually believe this crap, or does it just sound cool to them? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Something in 30-06 like a M1 Garand or BAR and 1911. They both won two world wars so a little jungle skirmish should be no problem for them. Not ideal for sure since the M16A1 was practically designed for the war in Vietnam, but anything that went bang with a minimum of operator maintenance (especially with corrosive ammo) would have worked to include the M1 and M1918 series BAR. We were better than the enemy no matter what our troops carried for small arms. Our political leadership wasn't, however. Personally, as a rifleman I would want to have access to carry either an M16A1 or an M14, depending on the terrain and mission. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:43:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice, are there any more detailed pictures of one of those?  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 8:49:53 PM EDT
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M60
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:05:35 PM EDT
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M79
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:10:55 PM EDT
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M79, CAR15, Smith & Wesson 39/59.
That's how winning is done, son! |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:11:18 PM EDT
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THIS W/ Stoner 63
1911 (or 2), Kabar, lots of V40 Mini Frags on me Claymore mines in the pack Woodsman's PAL and M79 strapped to the outside of it |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:17:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I saved this pic from some other thread once because I thought the gun looked neat.  This one too. I think this might actually be a member's father. Or the guy above. I could be completely wrong, but I seem to recall one of them is. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:20:14 PM EDT
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An unloaded .45 that would have spent the entire war untouched in the desk drawer of my air-conditioned office space in Saigon, Da Nang, or Poon Tang. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:24:46 PM EDT
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I carried a captured M1 Carbine for a while all it did was piss everyone else off and at one point got an M60 across the river from me on one
op to open up on me... Luckily I found a hole under a big old down tree with no snakes in it... Went back to my M16 next day. Officers carried the CAR and made them a target of opportunity for command detonated booby traps...best to blend in with non essential personnel... |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:46:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My cousin's husband was a US Army enlisted infantry adviser to the ARVN in late 68-69. He carried a cut-down M2 Carbine after giving the TSMG a go, but he said the TSMG was too heavy (he's not very big, either). The cut down M2 he used was done professionally from what he said; whoever did the work was skilled at using the kinds of machinery required for such work. Since I've seen several pictures of US Soldiers in the RVN carrying these modified M2 Carbines, I have to believe there was some sort of depot-level type facility in-country that was capable of third echelon or above weapons repair / modification. His retained the front sight, even though there was no means to shoulder the weapon since the butt stock had been cut away behind the grip. He was a truck driver. It was stick it out the window and spray and pray while hauling ass out of the kill one. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:51:43 PM EDT
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XM177E1, slicked-up K-frame snub, a bunch of V-40 grenades, a few yards of det cord, and a couple of of claymores.
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Posted: 7/9/2018 10:04:11 PM EDT
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M16A1 or XM177 if I could get one.
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Posted: 7/9/2018 10:21:59 PM EDT
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That's Norman Schwarzkopf. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I saved this pic from some other thread once because I thought the gun looked neat. http://oi66.tinypic.com/2r269lu.jpg This one too. I think this might actually be a member's father. Or the guy above. I could be completely wrong, but I seem to recall one of them is. Well then maybe it was the other guy I posted who I "think" is a member's father. I may have just saved it from a thread that started out with pics of a member's father that evolved into a broader discussion on weapons or whatever. Meh scratch all that I think Im misremembering. Maybe I was thinking about @Diger440 in this thread https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/-ARCHIVED-THREAD-The-m1-carbine-in-Vietnam-/5-1888684/?page=3 |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:27:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Those deaftees received the same training that regular army dudes got. My experience in training as a Combat Engineer is that it was not very good. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:41:16 AM EDT
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Funny thing about the military. They rarely ask you what kind of equipment you want. They tell you and that's what you use. That being said................. Line grunt: XM177E2 and M79 if allowed Operator: suppressed M3A1 and High Standard HD CIA: Swedish K, Browning HP, Ray-Bans, and a Rolex |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:55:06 AM EDT
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My dad carried the same thing. He was a truck driver. It was stick it out the window and spray and pray while hauling ass out of the kill one. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: My cousin's husband was a US Army enlisted infantry adviser to the ARVN in late 68-69. He carried a cut-down M2 Carbine after giving the TSMG a go, but he said the TSMG was too heavy (he's not very big, either). The cut down M2 he used was done professionally from what he said; whoever did the work was skilled at using the kinds of machinery required for such work. Since I've seen several pictures of US Soldiers in the RVN carrying these modified M2 Carbines, I have to believe there was some sort of depot-level type facility in-country that was capable of third echelon or above weapons repair / modification. His retained the front sight, even though there was no means to shoulder the weapon since the butt stock had been cut away behind the grip. He was a truck driver. It was stick it out the window and spray and pray while hauling ass out of the kill one. Funny thing about my cousin’s husband, is that he told me that between basic, infantry school, and being in-country, he never even touched an M16. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:06:12 AM EDT
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http://www.onlythebestfirearms.com/images/SW76-u796-02.JPG sw76 or a Swedish k M60 if I had a trained monkey or donkey for carrying ammo 
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:38:41 AM EDT
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 Attached FileI carried a 1911 and depending on the situation a M79 or a M16A1. I preferred the M79 with the shotgun round for the up close and personal (in your face) kind of meeting you might have. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:48:24 AM EDT
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You never appreciate a 20" barrel until you got to lead with it on a jungle trail pushing something out of the way..or got to poke something unfamiliar with it.
Nice sometimes to have that extra distance from the poked object 
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:57:55 AM EDT
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https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5d/e4/36/5de436c4da85b959d46fac67bdf07faf.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/564x/20/60/b5/2060b5dfae4e8cf0082beca6fddaadde.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0f/57/ae/0f57ae33ddfe4f0675496e6f4b95cdce.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cf/45/90/cf45902069152a161e27f4da4eee8d24--character-design-military.jpg |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:58:38 AM EDT
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Where do you think the Rhodesians (probably) got the idea? MAC-V SOG dudes did it well before them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Wrong war. That was for slotting floppies. Get it right! |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:59:14 AM EDT
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Definitely the AK-47. Reliable, 30 round mags, good enough penetration. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 10:53:02 AM EDT
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God damn this thread. Makes me want to chop my RPD and has rekindled my insatiable lust for an unattainable 63.
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Posted: 7/10/2018 11:44:41 AM EDT
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Great till you start taking friendly fire... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Definitely the AK-47. Reliable, 30 round mags, good enough penetration. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 1:56:27 PM EDT
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Just ran across this while I was brain storming camo patterns...
Thought it would be appropriate to pop it in here: 
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Posted: 7/10/2018 2:24:37 PM EDT
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Clean, well maintained ones. MI carbines and BARs in the hands of proficient riflemen would have been adequate. The weapons were pretty irrelevant when you consider they were fielded by poorly trained draftees in most cases. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 2:55:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Last I checked, the majority who served in Vietnam were volunteers and the draftees got the same training as the volunteers. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 3:14:49 PM EDT
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Ithaca '37 or Remington 870...
Buckshot work great at Jungle Ranges... 
Bunny going all "Audie Murphy" on those NVAs... |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 3:19:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Last I checked, the majority who served in Vietnam were volunteers and the draftees got the same training as the volunteers. fighting. The majority of those in combat were white middle class RA with 1.5-2 yrs of college on average...these are the majority of combat veterans,WIA and KIA All the other crap put out by leftist Marxist is just that agitprop... The state with the most amount of casualties was California iirc... Flies in the face of all the propaganda popular with the leftist press. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:31:31 PM EDT
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Browning Hi Power and an M3 grease gun.
Edit: there is footage of a CIA operations Officer with a Beretta M12 at the siege of “Bunkers Bunker”. I’d take that over the M3 if available. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:40:54 PM EDT
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XM177 and a cut down M79. A half dozen of those mini frags and a couple of purple smokes.
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:41:58 PM EDT
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Stoner 63 Rifle and a 1911A1. ( given a choice )
Second choice, XM-16E1 or M16A1 rifle. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:43:21 PM EDT
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phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:43:44 PM EDT
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Type-56-1 and flamethrower. (Images from RS2) |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:47:56 PM EDT
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You never appreciate a 20" barrel until you got to lead with it on a jungle trail pushing something out of the way..or got to poke something unfamiliar with it. Nice sometimes to have that extra distance from the poked object |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:48:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:51:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/10/2018 8:57:24 PM EDT
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M2 and M79
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:01:44 PM EDT
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If I could carry anything.
RPD Swedish K 1911 or possibly a PAP. If I could hump more I add a M79. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:02:34 PM EDT
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Karl Gustav Swedish K. Browning Hi-Power
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Posted: 7/10/2018 9:02:35 PM EDT
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Blooper. |
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Posted: 7/11/2018 11:29:49 AM EDT
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One can carry a shortened M79 as a secondary or tirtiary weapon. Not so with the China Lake pump. I don't think the capacity is worth the extra size and weight even when compared with the M79 as a primary.
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Posted: 7/11/2018 11:40:11 AM EDT
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A double barrel shotgun. Let a blast into the sky and scare the bad guys away! |
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Posted: 7/11/2018 11:43:43 AM EDT
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Car15 all day long.
Heat + weight equals worn out boy. Cut down RPD close second for the sound of a combloc round. |
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